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Mittal Institute Event Archive

Emergent Practices in South Asia #5

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Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 08:00am, ET

Register to attend via Zoom Nov 12, 2022 8.00 AM EST // 6.30 PM IST // 7.00 PM BDT   “Emergent Practices in South Asia” will convene young practitioners that have displayed rigorous engagement in the making of architecture, landscape, and interventions in the public realm in response to the spectrum of issues that societies […]

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Fiction in Afghanistan with Homeira Qaderi

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Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 05:00pm, ET

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Barker Center, Room 133 (Plimpton Room)

Date & Time: Friday, November 11, 2022 | 5 PM EST Venue: Barker Center, Room 133 (Plimpton Room) Note: This talk will be predominantly in Persian with synopsis translation.   Homeira Qaderi will talk about her own fiction in the context of literature in Afghanistan. The talk will be predominantly in Persian, with a synopsis in English […]

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Vineeta Yadav — How Elite Risk Preferences Shape Democracy: Evidence from India and Pakistan

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Fri, Nov 4, 2022 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

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Rm S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St

Professor Yadav is an associate professor of political science at Penn State University. She recieved her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 2007. Yadav’s research and teaching interests lie in comparative politics, political economy, economic development, and survey research.

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In The Name Of Housing: Sameep Padora

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Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 06:30pm, ET

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Gund Hall 112 (Stubbins Room)

In The Name of Housing  Date & Time: Monday 31st October 2022 | 6.30 PM EST Venue: Gund 112 (Stubbins) | Open to all | In-person event The talk will focus on the almost decade long housing research conducted by Sameep Padora’s housing design practice on the history, evolution and design of housing types in […]

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Digital Emerging Countries: Big nations, inward-looking strategy, and leapfrog in the Global South

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Fri, Oct 28, 2022 from 11:00am — 12:30pm, ET

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Common Room #136, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

In India, three-wheeled motorcycle drivers take orders from UBER, and in an inland Chinese village, telemedicine is becoming more prevalent. Meanwhile, in Cape Town, South Africa, female engineers are developing a business plan for a mobile application. Today, digitalization has increasingly surpassed emerging economies.

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Exhibit Launch: Capturing the Change, Imaging the Future

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Mon, Oct 24, 2022 from 06:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

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CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge St

Please join us for an opening reception for the Mittal Institute’s new exhibit featuring our Fall 2022 Visiting Artist Fellows: photographers Aamina Nizar of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Sharbendu De of New Delhi, India. Their exhibit, entitled, “Capturing the Change, Imaging the Future,” will be on display

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